It’s that time of year again when people stuff turkeys — and themselves — for the annual Thanksgiving feast with friends and family. The average American consumes more than 4,500 calories and 229 grams of fat during a traditional holiday dinner, according to the Calorie Control Council. That figure leans higher if you wash down that hearty holiday meal with a glass of cider or wine (both roughly about 120 calories) or even a festive cup of eggnog (223 calories).

But don’t fret. Sing a few carols with the family (20 minutes of singing can burn up to 45 calories if done standing up), laugh out loud while sharing jokes around the fireplace (10 to 15 minutes of laughing burns between 10 and 40 calories, according to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center) or a combination of the activities listed here and you won’t have to worry about those holiday pounds come New Year’s Eve.

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Go ice skating at one of several outdoor rinks near you and burn 210 to 311 calories in 30 minutes.

Downtown on Ice, L.A.’s original outdoor ice rink, at Pershing Square is open through Jan. 20. General admission is $8, with an additional $2 for skate rentals. Pershing Square is at 532 S. Olive St. in downtown Los Angeles.

Woodland Hills Ice at Westfield Promenade, in the northwest corner of the parking lot at Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Erwin Street, is open through Feb. 17. Cost is adult, $10; student/senior, $8.50; child (4-12), $7. All-day pass is $13. Skate rental is $5.

An eight-week skating school program, with two sessions that run from Dec. 2 to Feb. 9, is also available. A 30-minute introduction to skating class is $12.

The Rink in Downtown Burbank, on the corner Third Street and Orange Grove Avenue near Burbank City Hall, is open through Jan. 5.

General admission is $10, and skate rental is $3. Bobby the Seal Skating Aid is $6.

ICE at Santa Monica at the corner of Fifth Street and Arizona Avenue is now open through Jan. 20.

Cost is $12 for all-day skating and includes skate rental.

The Queen Mary Chill experience includes a 6,500-square-foot outdoor ice rink. While the rink is closed on Thanksgiving Day, it reopens for the weekend through Jan. 5. An ice rink season pass costs $29.95 while the Chill Experience, which includes ice skating and admission to The Ice Kingdom, starts at $19.95 for children age 4 to 11 years old or $39.95 for general admission. Check the website for online deals and black out dates.

Mashed potatoes

(half-cup serving, plain)

107 calories*

Going to brave the chill and the long lines of Black Friday? You can burn up to 81 calories an hour standing quietly in line, according to Calorie Count, an online calorie counting database.

Gravy

(half-cup serving)

118 calories*

If you add gravy to those potatoes, count all the shopping you do while at the store that can burn more than 75 calories per hour (walking at a pace of 3.5 mph can burn up to 178 calories).

Stuffing

(half-cup serving)

150 calories (Source: Stove Top Stuffing Mix)

The Citadel Outlets has plenty of Black Friday deals that can help you check off those gifts on the list and get you burning off Turkey Day calories. The outlets have more than 115 stores that allows shoppers the opportunity to walk about 1 mile around the center. For those planning to hit the Cabazon Outlets and Desert Hills Premium Outlets, the length of both shopping centers is also just more than a mile walk. That means your walk-while-you-shop experience could burn roughly 150 calories — perfect for that mound of stuffing you piled on your plate.

Yams with marshmallows

(half-cup serving)

240 calories

Hit the stairs at home or outdoors to burn up to 45 calories per flight (equal to about 10 steps). The Santa Monica Stairs range from 48 steps (near Idaho Venue) to 168 steps (near Montana Avenue) for a total of nearly 800 calories burned. Other stairways that can make for a fun exercise, which can be found with the help of Secret Stairs-L.A., include the Music Box Loop in Silver Lake that spans 2.5 miles or the scenic 3.2-mile Castellammare stairs in Pacific Palisades.

Cranberry sauce

(half-cup serving)

209 calories*

Hiking is a great way to burn off calories while enjoying the great outdoors of Southern California.

L.A.’s popular Runyon Canyon trail is a 3-mile hike that can burn up to 600 calories.

Other local hikes include the oceanside Shipwreck Trail in Rancho Palos Verdes, which is a 4-mile roundtrip hike, or the 5.5-mile hike along the trails at Hellman Wilderness Park in Whittier.

Green Bean Casserole

(¾-cup serving)

161 calories (Source: Campbell’s Kitchen)

Deck the halls and the Christmas tree to burn calories in a fun, festive way. For instance, carrying boxes full of holiday decorations, you can burn up to 311 calories, according to Harvard Health Publications. Unpacking those boxes can burn nearly 200 calories.

Traditional soft white dinner roll

(1 roll)

110 calories (Source: Pillsbury)

With 1 pat of butter

50 calories (Source: Land O Lakes)

Bowling is a fun way to flex those arm muscles and burn about 115 calories per hour.

In San Bernardino, take advantage of Del Rosa Lanes’ Thanksgiving special and play four games 4 Games for $4 with rental shoes only $1. Bowlium in Montclair is also offering a Thanksgiving deal where six bowlers can play up to 2 hours on one lane for $40, including shoe rentals.

Or hit in the lanes at Gable House Bowl in Torrance, which is a green alley that uses solar panels to provide more than a third of its power.

Pumpkin Pie

(1 slice)

323 calories*

Playing flag football in the yard or at the neighborhood park burns between 240-355 calories or more depending on how long you play.

Meet-up groups all over L.A. and greater Los Angeles host flag football games throughout the year, but Pasadena 30AUFFL (30 And Up Flag Football League) is hosting its second annual Turkey Bowl on Thanksgiving at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center, 360 N. Arroyo Blvd. All ages can participate in the games. Kickoff is at 8:30 a.m.

* Calories are based off data from USDA. The amount of calories an individual burns varies depending on gender, weight and age.